Re: cannot install...

[Fred Kiefer]

Ricardo Strausz wrote:
> error 2 (from macports):
> 
> Fermat:~ sa$ sudo port -v install gnustep-gui
> --->  Building gnustep-gui
> Error: Target org.macports.build returned: shell command " cd
> "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_gnustep_gnustep-gui/work/gnustep-gui-0.12.0"
> && gnumake all messages=yes
> GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES=/opt/local/GNUstep/System/Library/Makefiles " returned
> error 2
> Command output: Making all in Source...
> Making all for library libgnustep-gui...
> gcc-mp-4.2 NSGraphicsContext.m -c \
>       -MMD -MP -I/opt/local/include
> -DGNUSTEP_TOOLS_NO_DESTDIR=\"/opt/local/GNUstep/System/Tools\"
> -DGNUSTEP_TARGET_DIR=\".\" -DGNUSTEP_TARGET_CPU=\"powerpc\"
> -DGNUSTEP_TARGET_OS=\"darwin7\" -DLIBRARY_COMBO=\"gnu-gnu-gnu\"
> -DBACKEND_BUNDLE=1 -DGNUSTEP -DGNUSTEP_BASE_LIBRARY=1
> -DGNU_GUI_LIBRARY=1 -DGNU_RUNTIME=1 -DGNUSTEP_BASE_LIBRARY=1 -fno-common
> -g -Wall -DDEBUG -fno-omit-frame-pointer -DGSWARN -DGSDIAGNOSE
> -Wno-import -fno-strict-aliasing -fgnu-runtime -Wall
> -fconstant-string-class=NSConstantString -I/opt/local/include
> -I../Headers/Additions -I../Headers -I./. -I.
> -I/opt/local/GNUstep/Local/Library/Headers/ \
>        -o obj/NSGraphicsContext.m.o
> NSGraphicsContext.m: In function 'GSCurrentContext':
> NSGraphicsContext.m:93: warning: instance variable '_gcontext' is
> @private; this will be a hard error in the future
> NSGraphicsContext.m: In function '+[NSGraphicsContext setCurrentContext:]':
> NSGraphicsContext.m:162: error: instance variable '_gcontext' is
> declared private
> NSGraphicsContext.m:162: error: instance variable '_gcontext' is
> declared private
> gnumake[2]: *** [obj/NSGraphicsContext.m.o] Error 1
> gnumake[1]: *** [libgnustep-gui.all.library.variables] Error 2
> gnumake: *** [internal-all] Error 2
> 
> Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.

This looks like an actual bug in GNUstep, one which went unnoticed as no
other compiler complained about it. We set a private instance variable
of NSThread via the trick of defining a structure that maps the internal
 layout of NSThread.
The problem is I don't have any other idea how to do this :-(

Fred